SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492015-03-31T16:04:11-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsCustomer #508987 on BOB-00573 - SparkFun SIM Card Socket BreakoutCustomer #508987urn:uuid:6a6acdc8-b22b-07be-4e3f-a8d3947ae4bb2014-01-15T00:01:39-07:00<p>Hi!
Can I get eagle footprint of this breakout like in other breakout boards?</p>Willian Sánchez on BOB-00573 - SparkFun SIM Card Socket BreakoutWillian Sánchezurn:uuid:b53e52e4-f8f0-e116-753f-223e67f621ec2013-06-19T06:12:08-06:00<p>Very good morning to all of you I have the following question:
Where is connected SW1 and SW2 pins in my GSM / GPRS SM5100B-D model?</p>
<p>Thank you for your service.It is excellent!</p>Willian Sánchez on BOB-00573 - SparkFun SIM Card Socket BreakoutWillian Sánchezurn:uuid:47c616c8-6c5f-a129-7497-fe73c63203bc2013-06-13T14:05:35-06:00<p>And I have another question. I bought the GSM / GPRS Module SM5100B-D model. Notice in the Datasheet that a connection whose name SIM_DET.
SIM_DET connector must be connected to SW1?</p>Willian Sánchez on BOB-00573 - SparkFun SIM Card Socket BreakoutWillian Sánchezurn:uuid:9a77f578-5176-be56-acd8-cea97611213a2013-06-13T13:12:41-06:00<p>Sparkfun Hello, I would like to know what are the dimensions of the SIM Card. And that distance is between Pad&rsquo;s. I&rsquo;d be very grateful for this information.</p>ginbot86 on BOB-00573 - SparkFun SIM Card Socket Breakoutginbot86urn:uuid:349391c7-2e09-4384-22fd-358976986fa42012-10-23T21:11:54-06:00<p>There are a bunch of commands for talking with SIM cards, but as for using a cellular network, you&rsquo;re going to need more than just a card to get it working. SIM cards have a bunch of authentication mechanisms, including computation of encryption keys (one command, called &ldquo;Get Challenge&rdquo; involves calculating security codes from a 64-bit number) and also communication to and from the local cell towers.</p>
<p>You&rsquo;re better off using a dedicated cellular board, or picking up an old cell phone that has a SIM socket and isn&rsquo;t SIM-locked to its original carrier. Many Nokia phones have a serial port (called F-bus) and there are (some) articles on commands that can be used to send and receive text messages.</p>GearJammer on BOB-00573 - SparkFun SIM Card Socket BreakoutGearJammerurn:uuid:b92d52dd-77cb-d97c-1b7d-2313d6eed6bc2012-07-31T15:21:24-06:00<p>Anyone know where to find a SIM Card Breakout. The difference being it&rsquo;s a little simcard with wire extension. I want to use the board here at sparkfun to create a sim card extension cable. I haven&rsquo;t had much success finding one.</p>MikeGrusin on BOB-00573 - SparkFun SIM Card Socket BreakoutMikeGrusinurn:uuid:d09c4074-3f39-6622-b7ab-f88f1399f00d2012-06-06T11:15:36-06:00<p>If it didn&rsquo;t include the SIM socket, we&rsquo;d be very clear about that. But it does, just as all the above pictures indicate.</p>aknewhope on BOB-00573 - SparkFun SIM Card Socket Breakoutaknewhopeurn:uuid:f6b11312-7be7-7f22-5712-9ec495a02fad2012-06-06T00:00:38-06:00<p>Does anyone know of information on talking a SIM card and using the network? I am using it in a project to remotely control my device via text messages such as a text with 1:ON means turn on my output 1 and I would get a message back that message was received and output is on. There are actual devices for this from Automation MFR&rsquo;s like wago.us but I want to make my own. :)</p>aknewhope on BOB-00573 - SparkFun SIM Card Socket Breakoutaknewhopeurn:uuid:34bc585f-05b4-6c73-ee86-67311e6f60b52012-06-05T23:52:59-06:00<p>I need to know if it includes a SIM socket. Cmon sparkfun, please improve your descriptions. They are lacking.</p>miked13 on BOB-00573 - SparkFun SIM Card Socket Breakoutmiked13urn:uuid:e8f28736-290e-224d-e8b0-5ccfecb870622012-05-15T11:17:33-06:00<p>When is a Micro Sim Version of this coming out? or a Micro SIM breakout board in general would be nice =)</p>koss on BOB-00573 - SparkFun SIM Card Socket Breakoutkossurn:uuid:659a6f52-052f-b09e-f271-6c3ce8be4b372011-02-20T19:26:43-07:00<p>I noticed the breakout for this has SW1/SW2, how have you mechanically achieved this? I&rsquo;m putting this part on my board without the breakout and would like to be able to tell when a SIM is plugged in. A schematic for the breakout would be great.</p>SlyVixsky on BOB-00573 - SparkFun SIM Card Socket BreakoutSlyVixskyurn:uuid:fea71342-699d-ea9a-3da7-8a58b6a2752d2010-08-03T13:53:54-06:00<p>admitting this is a very overdue reply, the 8 pin breakout board includes 2 switches added by sparkfun, which can be used to &ldquo;detect&rdquo; when or if a sim card has been inserted, telling your micro-controller to begin sim card communications.</p>KTownsend on BOB-00573 - SparkFun SIM Card Socket BreakoutKTownsendurn:uuid:9ff2b5c3-5ca7-47de-c9eb-dfcaabd834b52009-07-17T20:09:09-06:00<p>The SIM sockets you sell are 6 pin, but the board picture here is 8 pin and apparently not the same model (despite saying 6-pin in the description)? Are you using different SIM sockets for these two products?</p>